WELL-Med Conference

2nd International Meeting on Well-Being and Performance in Clinical Practice.

It is our pleasure to invite you to the "Second International Meeting on Well being and Performance in Clinical Practice" (WELLMED 2).
Following the success of our previous meeting in May 2014, this meeting will bring together experts from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in order
to present and discuss innovative ways of linking physician well being to patient safety and quality of care. Given the fact that the health and
well being of our health professionals is inextricably linked to the quality of care they provide, the conference will explore how burnout and
wellbeing are related to different aspects of quality of care and patient safety, in terms of clinical decision making,
communication in clinical practice, medical errors, civility at workplace, and patient neglect .

For this year an equal emphasis will be put on negative and debilitating predictors of work performance in
health care, as well as on positive and motivating ones, including physician resilience and work engagement
In addition, this year we would like to introduce a special section titled "WELLMED in context'',
discussing the organisational factors, socioeconomic conditions, and cultural influences on the link between health
professional well being and patient safety.

During the conference we will be informed about new evidence in the study of medical well being and performance, engage in some "blue sky thinking",
learn from our mistakes in the research gone wrong section, link theory to practice in the medical stories section, identify successful interventions
in the what works section. Finally doctoral students will have the opportunity to receive expert feedback in the research in progress section.

We would also like to draw your attention to a special keynote series titled "Getting out of our comfort zone" where experts will challenge audience beliefs in a non-conventional format.